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tax reform was in this speech. it's rare to get this number of -- >> would you have liked more poetry in the speech? >> i personally would have liked more poetry. i think the country needs more uplifting at this point, to be brought together. this one line in the speech which goes to the heart of the pragmatism, we must act knowing that our work will be imperfect. you know, i think he's saying to the whole of the washington establishment, we can't have it all but we have to get moving. >> you know, this speech had the word research labs in it at one point. i challenge you to find another -- >> that's poetry right there. >> right. underscoring the point about the gran u lart here. progress does not compel us to settle the debate about the role of government for all time but it does require us to act in our time. hampton pearson is on the west front of the capitol and can describe what's going on there now. hampton? >> well, number one, we've got of course a wholesale exodus of all the vips on the platform. a huge po
tax reform was in this speech. it's rare to get this number of -- >> would you have liked more poetry in the speech? >> i personally would have liked more poetry. i think the country needs more uplifting at this point, to be brought together. this one line in the speech which goes to the heart of the pragmatism, we must act knowing that our work will be imperfect. you know, i think he's saying to the whole of the washington establishment, we can't have it all but we have to get...
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be. >> anyone surprised by the specific things he brought up, he mentioned climate change, mentioned tax reform, it was a small -- not a big laundry list but a small list. >> he addressed a generational side, we're not going to sacrifice or surrender our responsibility of the generation made this country on the altar of getting the generation. we as americans can do both. >> talking about the generation. >> that we have responsibility to those who made the country and those that will make the next counsel tree that will be america, whether it's education or training or whatever else. i just wanted to give just shout out to the brooklyn tabernacle choir. which i thought was just phenomenal. also lamar alexander, which was really exceptional and the -- not that the others weren't fine but they were. i thought the poet was great. >> that gives us an opportunity to speak more broadly about the ceremony it wasn't just the speech. the speech is at the heart of it, we can come back to that. we'll watch the president, vice president, go in to a room in the capital which they're going to sign the
be. >> anyone surprised by the specific things he brought up, he mentioned climate change, mentioned tax reform, it was a small -- not a big laundry list but a small list. >> he addressed a generational side, we're not going to sacrifice or surrender our responsibility of the generation made this country on the altar of getting the generation. we as americans can do both. >> talking about the generation. >> that we have responsibility to those who made the country and...
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of who is paying tax bills that speech was first on liberalism i do think it was the mo unapologetically liberal speech we've heard barack obama give. it was tracing american history saying that he faced to our ideals we have to change and we have to change in a collective direction. we have to guarantee equal income for women for the same work, he mentioned gay rights, mentioned climate change, he mentioned preserving medicare social security. i thought it was pretty much laying down quite liberal agenda, there was none of the bipartisan, transpartisan stuff of the first speech. and there was none of what you would call conservative speech. there was very little when he talked about story of american history it was the story of seneca, thelma, stonewall. not the story of inventors, capitalism. that was -- that's different. >> that makes it liberal? >> i think so. these are two different areas people tend to emphasize. it was less about cap stallism or hard choices, i don't think there was a mention of terrorism. so i think it was a pretty forthrightly progressive speech. >> mark shields
of who is paying tax bills that speech was first on liberalism i do think it was the mo unapologetically liberal speech we've heard barack obama give. it was tracing american history saying that he faced to our ideals we have to change and we have to change in a collective direction. we have to guarantee equal income for women for the same work, he mentioned gay rights, mentioned climate change, he mentioned preserving medicare social security. i thought it was pretty much laying down quite...
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climate change, immigration and tax reform among others. the president did at one point in his speech say there are some parts of government that need to be reformed, but our usefulness of one small olive branch to republicans. but we are not a nation of takers and the fundamental foundations of the great society, medicare, medicaid and social security will be preserved under his watch and the encroachments republicans would like to make on those programs from the president's perspective in the name of deficit reduction will be, if not repelled, at least resisted. scott? >> major, thank you very much. this is the crowd in washington, d.c., live, as they begin to wander away from the national mall, after witnessing american history firsthand. during the president's first inauguration, in 2009, a historic event for the nation, of course, there were 1.8 million people in the national mall. it was the largest gathering this city has ever seen. today, we don't have the estimates, but fair to say, something perhaps just under a million people. se
climate change, immigration and tax reform among others. the president did at one point in his speech say there are some parts of government that need to be reformed, but our usefulness of one small olive branch to republicans. but we are not a nation of takers and the fundamental foundations of the great society, medicare, medicaid and social security will be preserved under his watch and the encroachments republicans would like to make on those programs from the president's perspective in the...
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we must harvest new ideas, make our government revamp our tax code, revamp our schools, and empower our citizens to reach higher. but while the means will change our purpose endures a nation that rewards the effort and determination of every american. that is what is required and will give real meaning to our creed. we, the people, still believe that every citizen deserves a basic measure security and dignity. we must make the hard choices to reduce the cost of health care and the size of our deficit. [ cheers and applause ] >> obama: but we reject the belief that america must choose between caring for the generation that built this country and investing in the generation that will build its future. [ cheers and applause ] >> obama: for we remember the lessons of our past when twilight years were spent in poverty and parents with a child with a disability had nowhere to turn. we do not believe in this country freedom is deserved for the lucky or happiness for the few. we recognize that no matter how responsibly we live our liveings anyone one of us could suffer a job loss or a home swep
we must harvest new ideas, make our government revamp our tax code, revamp our schools, and empower our citizens to reach higher. but while the means will change our purpose endures a nation that rewards the effort and determination of every american. that is what is required and will give real meaning to our creed. we, the people, still believe that every citizen deserves a basic measure security and dignity. we must make the hard choices to reduce the cost of health care and the size of our...
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that will be a big one because it's hard to know what you do unless you have a carbon tax or cap and trade and those are nonstarters and one-half of the legislative branch, at least. i think, george, it's my job in life to be a wet blanket. [ laughter ] let me just focus on ronald reagan as i was quite fond was inordinately fond of a statement by thomas payne we have the power to begin the world over and the least conservative sentiment anyone ever uttered but reagan was very fond of it and along comes the 44th president who says, our future is limitless. anyone who has been paying attention to american politics for the last two years knows it's all about grinding and inexorable imposing limits we're up against, promises we made we can't keep, taxes that are insufficient for our appetites, et cetera. limit, limit, limit. now i guess the job of president is to ignore this but they ignore at their peril because when jack kennedy said we will go anywhere, bear any price, bear any burden, et cetera, et cetera, we wound up in vietnam. it was a kind of incontinent optimism but is dangerous
that will be a big one because it's hard to know what you do unless you have a carbon tax or cap and trade and those are nonstarters and one-half of the legislative branch, at least. i think, george, it's my job in life to be a wet blanket. [ laughter ] let me just focus on ronald reagan as i was quite fond was inordinately fond of a statement by thomas payne we have the power to begin the world over and the least conservative sentiment anyone ever uttered but reagan was very fond of it and...
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only 5% thought tax reform was important. and you may be looking at this poll and thinking, well, what happened to the war in afghanistan? well, there it is, it comes in at 4%, health care at 5% ending the war in afghanistan the most important priority for only 4% of the american people. but we should not ever forget that as we sit here today approximately 60,000 americans are fighting in afghanistan. the president is drawing those troops down but we have a long way to go yet in that war that is now more than ten years old. john dickerson our cbs news political director, he's down on the national mall, john, you see that 35% by far the largest majority of people in our poll think the president needs to be working on the economy. >> that's still the single most important issue for the president, much further down or much smaller percentage want them work on the deficit. really the deficit and getting the budget picture in order, ending these endless confrontations over the budget will do something the white house believes and
only 5% thought tax reform was important. and you may be looking at this poll and thinking, well, what happened to the war in afghanistan? well, there it is, it comes in at 4%, health care at 5% ending the war in afghanistan the most important priority for only 4% of the american people. but we should not ever forget that as we sit here today approximately 60,000 americans are fighting in afghanistan. the president is drawing those troops down but we have a long way to go yet in that war that...